COVID-19: Cambodia to complete vaccination soon; Thailand posts high daily cases
The Cambodian Ministry of Health has said that the government could reach its goal of vaccinating 10 million people sooner than expected, while Thailand set a new daily record of 13,002 COVID-19 cases on July 21.
Health workers prepare for COVID-19 vaccination in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 8. (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Cambodian Ministry of Health has said that the government could reach its goal of vaccinating 10 millionpeople sooner than expected, while Thailand set a new daily record of 13,002COVID-19 cases on July 21.
As reported by Cambodia’s Khmer Times newspaper, thehealth ministry confirmed six million Cambodian people have received their firstdose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health Ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine said that the number of people who havereceived their second dose has also risen to more than four million.
She said that the government is pushing hard its plans tovaccinate 10 million people by October or November this year, which means it isway ahead of the original master plan of reaching the targeted goal in May2022.
Meanwhile, the over 13,000 cases logged on July 21 pushedThai caseload to 439,477.
The Thai health ministry also confirmed 108 deaths, pushingthe death toll to 3,610.
Chakkrarat Phitthayawong-anan, director of the Division ofEpidemiology at the ministry, said with stringent COVID-19 restrictions beingimplemented in 13 provinces, the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected tobegin declining in at least one to two months from now./.
Thailand on July 19 recorded 11,784 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. This is the fourth day in a row the Southeast Asian country has logged the highest number of new cases since the pandemic broke out.
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Singapore’s government said on July 20 that it will again tighten COVID-19 prevention and control measures, including a ban on dining at restaurants, as new cases continue to rise, while Cambodia recorded the highest ever number of daily imported cases.
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Health workers prepare for COVID-19 vaccination in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 8. (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA) 
